Franciscan Convent San Miguel Arcángel in Huejotzingo (Mexico, 1570)

Portal des Convento Franciscano Huejotzingo, Farbphotographie, 2006, Photograph: Cgarzahe; Bildquelle: Wikimedia Commons, http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Portada_del_Convento_Franciscano_Huejotzingo_%28_C_Garza%29.JPG Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.5 Generic license.

Tor und Capilla Posa (unten) des Convento Franciscano Huejotzingo, Farbphotographie, 2006, Photograph: Cgarzahe; Bildquelle: Wikimedia Commons, http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Porteria_y_Capilla_Posa,_convento_franciscano_Huejotzingo_%28C_Garza%29.jpg. Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.5 Generic license.

The Franciscan convent Huejotzingo is a mission monastery with fortified facade, atrium and open chapels (capilla posa). These architecturally and ornamentally unique square chapels with pyramidal roof, placed at the corner of the atrium, probably played a role in processions and served as places of catechetical instruction for the Indians.

The portal (above) and gate with capilla posa (below) of the Convento Franciscano Huejotzingo, colour photograph, 2006, photographer: Cgarzahe; source: Wikimedia Commons, http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Portada_del_Convento_Franciscano_Huejotzingo_%28_C_Garza%29.JPG, http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Porteria_y_Capilla_Posa,_convento_franciscano_Huejotzingo_%28C_Garza%29.jpg.

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